华中师大一附中2011——2012学年度上学期高二期中检测word档.doc

华中师大一附中2011——2012学年度上学期高二期中检测
英语试题
第二部分： 词汇知识与应用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节： 多项选择（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. He is intelligent enough, and why he fails to make some progress is that he lacks_____.
A. assessment B. motivation C. adjustment D. investigation
22. He spoke progress in areas from education to the environment. But he said the biggest achievement of his _____ has been keeping America safe.
A. administration B. concentration C. collection D. determination
23. The newly-elected president asked the young students, “When our personal interests are_____ those of people, what should we put above all?”
A. in favor of B. in relation to C. in addition to D. in conflict with
24. The new version of a popular iPad, called the iPad3 will be announced next month. _____, people make various about it.
A. Moreover B. Meanwhile C. Besides D. Otherwise
25. The present government spares no effort to prevent food pollution, because food safety is important.
A. naturally B. deliberately C. highly D. thoroughly
26. A survey conducted in 2011 by the Computer Security Institute showed that 90 percent of the companies and government departments questioned had had their security systems broken into in the ______ year.
A. historical B. revolutionary C. previous D. senior
27. If you did not steal the most up-to-date watch, you had better explain how you did______ it.
A. manufacture B. accomplish C. acquire D. foresee
28. The linguistic features of Indian Camp, one of Hemingway’s novels, analyzed in this paper to _______ the feature of his writing.
A. handle B. update C. suspect D. clarify
29. -----Why was our foreign teacher unhappy today?
-----News about the tsunami striking her country ____ an attack of homesickness.
A. called off B. switched off C. broke off D. set off
30. Joe is a good salesman, every month he sells a lot of products; everyone says he is a man who______.
A. gets to the scoop B. knows all the tricks of the trade
C. has a good nose D. gets the wrong end of the stick

第二节，完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
From the very beginning, the girl’s family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Saying that it has got to do with family background and that the girl have to 31 for the rest of her life if she were to be with him.
As the guy is not good with his words, this often causes the girl to be very ___. Because of the family’s 33 , the girl often pours her anger on him. As for him, he only 34 it in silence.
After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to 35 his studies in overseas. Before leaving, he 36 to the girl: “I’m not very good with words. But all I know is that I love you. If you allow me, I will 37 you for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?”
The girl agreed with the guy’s 38 , the family finally gave in and agreed to let them get married. So before he leaves, they got 39.
The girl went out the working society, 40 the guy was overseas, continuing his studies. They sent their love through E-mails and phone calls. Though it’s hard, both never thought of 41 .
One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was 42 a car that lost control. When she 43, she realized that she was badly injured. Seeing her mum crying, she wanted to 44 her. But she has lost her 45.
The parents decided to move away, hoping that she could 46 forget everything and be happy. With a new environment, the girl learnt that sign language and 47 a new life. Telling herself every day that she must 48 the guy.
A year has passed, she received an envelope, containing an invitation card for the guy’s 49 . When she opened the letter, she saw her name in it instead.
Then she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used sign language telling her “I’ve spent a year’s time to learn sign language. Just to let you know that I’ve not forgotten our 50 . Let me have the chance to be your voice. I Love You. The girl finally smiled.
31. A. suffer B. experience C. thrill D. contribute
32. A. upset B. unusual C. uncertain D. guilty
33. A. force B. pressure C. strength D. energy
34. A. analyses B. curses C. tolerates D. suspects
35. A. challenge B. further C. clarity D. attract
36. A. addressed B. whispered C. proposed D. referred
37. A. take notice of B. take hold of C. take charge of D. take care of
38. A. determination B. imagination C. instruction D. combination
39. A. unsettled B. engaged C. exhausted D. separated
40. A. while B. because C. since D. for
41. A. giving out B. giving up C. getting across D. looking back
42. A. taken away B. brought away C. knocked down D. left out
43. A. broke up B. got up C. stood up D. woke up
44. A. touch B. comfort C. feel D. imitate
45. A. voice B. hand C. arm D. sense
46. A. constantly B. steadily C. eventually D. swiftly
47. A. led B. lacked C. switched D. started
48. A. forget B. assist C. access D. accuse
49. A. celebration B. wedding C. ceremony D. anniversary
50. A. opinion B. dilemma C. effort D. promise
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents. The children were excitedly talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night. One could sense they had never been to the circus before.
The father and mother were ahead standing proud as could be.
The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets.”
The ticket quoted the price.
The father leaned a little closer and asked, “How much did you say?”
The ticket lady again quoted the price.
The man didn’t have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn’t have enough money to take them to the circus?
Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out $20 bill and dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the world!) My father reaches down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”
The man knew what was going on. He looked straight into my dad’s eyes, took my dad’s hand in both of his, pressed tightly onto the bill, and with his lip quivering（颤抖）and a tear screaming down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”
My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t go without.
51. What the family impressed the writer most was that _____.
A. the family was too large. B. they looked very poor and pitiful
C. they looked fairly rich and proud. D. they were poor but respectable
52. The writer’s father dropped the note on the ground instead giving the money to the father directly because ______.
A. he wanted to make the father ashamed
B. he didn’t want to hurt the man’s pride and respect.
C. he wanted to pretend to be very wealthy.
D. he was not very willing to help the man and his family.
53. It can be concluded from the last sentence of the story that ______.
A. they felt it a pity that they didn’t go to the circus.
B. they felt they would be blessed for their behavior.
C. they didn’t feel bad though they didn’t go to the circus.
D. they had never gone to circus ever since.
54. What do you think would be the best title for the passage?
A. Circus and tickets B. Children and their parents
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed D. Giving a hand in silence

B
It is the late spring of 1979, a hot, sticky Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of us sit together, side by side, in rows of wooden folding chairs on the main campus lawn. We hear the blue nylon robes. We listen impatiently to long speeches. When the ceremony is over, we throw our caps in the air, and we are officially graduated from college, the senior class of Brandeis University in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. For many of us, the curtain has just come down on childhood.
Afterward, I find Morrie Schwartz, our favorite professor, and introduce him to my parents. He is a small man who takes small steps, as if a strong wind could, at any time, sweep him up into the clouds. In his graduation day robe, he looks like a cross between a biblical prophet (先知) and a Christmas spirit. He has sparkling blue eyes, thinning silver hair, that spills onto his forehead, bid ears, a triangular nose, and tufts (一簇) of graying eyebrows. Although his teeth are cooked and his lower ones are slanted (歪斜的) back as if someone had once struck them in when he smiles it’s as if you’d just told him the first joke on earth.
He tells my parents how I took every class he taught. He tells them, “You have a special boy here.” Embarrassed, I looked at my feet. And I felt a little grateful. Before we leave, I hand my professor a present, a tan briefcase with his with his initials (姓名的首字母) on the front. I bought this the day before at a shopping mall. I didn’t want to forget him. Maybe I didn’t want him to forget me.
“Mitch, you are one of the good ones,” he says, admiring the briefcase. Then he hugs me. I feel his thin arms around my back. I am taller than he is, and when he holds me, I feel awkward, older, as if I were the child. He asks if I will stay in touch, and without hesitation, I say, “Of course.”
When he steps back, I see that he is crying, something hidden in his eyes, as if we would say goodbye forever.
55. From the passage, we know that the professor is __________.
A. ordinary-looking but sensitive B. awkward but talented
C. critical but warm-hearted D. very thin but full of energy
56. From the underlined word in the second paragraph, we most probably know that __________.
A. he is very thin but just like a crossing hanging there
B. he looks likes a mix-blooded person
C. he has the qualities of two kinds of persons
D. he believes in God
57. When the professor praises him before his parents, the author feels embarrassed mainly because_________.
A. he didn’t do as well as the professor says.
B. he isn’t used to being praised by others in front of his parents.
C. he must say goodbye to his professor and his college life.
D. he didn’t prepare a much better gift for his professor.
58. what is most likely to be continued in the last paragraph that follows?
A. About the author’s graduation ceremony together with his mates.
B. About the author’s social life after their graduation.
C. About what will happen to the professor after their farewell.
D. About my memory in the university.

C
In the early 1950s, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in 1960s found the opposite. Bilingual(双语的) people scored higher than monolinguals, people who speak only one language. So which is it?
Researchers presented their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter. But researcher Ellen Bialystok says it probably does make you better at certain skills.
ELLEN BIAYSTOK: “ Imagine driving down the highway. There are many things that could capture your attention and you really need to be monitor all of them. Why would bilingualism make you any better at that?”
And the answer, she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention ------ a function called the executive (执行的) control system.
ELLEN BIAYSTOK: “ it’s quite possibly the most important cognitive (认知的) system we have it’s where all of your decisions about what to attend to, what to ignore, and what to process are made.”
Ms. Bialystok is a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. She says the best method to measure the executive system is called the Stroop Test. A person is shown words in different colors.
ELLEN BIAYSTOK: “ So you would have the word blue written in red, but you have to say red. But blue is so eye-catchy, it’s just lighting up all these circuits (巡回) in your brain, and you really want to say blue. So you need a mechanism to override that so that you can say red. That’s the executive control system.”
Her work shows that bilingual people continually practice this function. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same time. They need to suppress one to be able to speak in the other.
59. The researchers get the results of the studies mainly by _______.
A. organizing intelligence tests about every ten years
B. allowing people to drive fast on the expressway
C. analyzing the steps of people making decisions
D. observing people in various tests and experiments
60. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. People who speak more than one language are smarter.
B. The findings in the 20th century prove correct at a meeting lately.
C. People speaking two languages are good at controlling their attention.
D. the Stroop Test proves that some people can be under control.
61. The underlined word suppress in the last paragraph means ________.
A. overcome B. forget C. emphasize D. adopt
62. The purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. encourage people to speak at least two languages
B. suggest some advantages of speaking two languages
C. show the unexpected functions of two spoken-languages
D. inform readers of an interesting experiment about colors

D
You are from a middle school-class family, and live in the normal size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption (消费). This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-